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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
The INJURED.
1lss OF the Manned and Injured Victims of
Inc Late Terrible Accident Near White
River Junction. Vermont.

-.sS Oh the Manned and Injured Victims of
Inc Late Terrible Accident Near White
River Junction. Vermont.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt, Feb. a.
Inc Ioiiowlng is copy of the report by
Or. drinnel, of Burlington, of all the in
!ured and their condition at three O'Clock
yesterday, made officially to the railroad
commissioners at their meeting last night:
WIN. Devareaux, Winoski, Vt: hin
broken, and bruises on the forehead and
left side
smith Sturtevant, fracture of left thigh
aud ankle; burned on right thigh and
back; since died.
j. d. Gushing, MiddIeboro, Mass: flesh
wounds and tenderness
Horace Jourdan, East Pepperell, Mass. :.
cut on chin, slight.
Moses Pontiat, Quebec; severe injury
OF head and knee cut; improving.
A. q. Wilcox, Bangor, N Y; suspected
fracture of base of skull; has had hem
orrhage from both ears and is burned
pulse, So; respiration, "a; improved.
Polly Arel, of Chicopee Falls, Mass
confusion of left thigh; not serious
Mrs. w. R. Dryden; slight injury to
back
Annie Murphy, of Chicago; lacerated
wound of right cheek; will be SCARED.
Jos. Genett, of Scioto, N. Y; lacerated
wound OF forehead.
M O'Boisvert, of Angelina, Que. ; injured
across chest and abdomen.
Mrs. O'Boisvert; bruised across left
forehead; not serious.
Miss Toilette, Sharon, Vt; scalp wound
and slight injury on left temple.
Katie Cahill, of Burlington, Vt; lacera-
ton of right wrist and severe scalp
wound.
Mrs. Charles Kastner, Boston; bruises
and Commissions generally; condition inn
proving
George Lowe, of Montreal; wounds on
right eye and nose.
Frank NJ Pratt. Springfield, Mass; in
jury to right foot and slightly frost-bit-
ten.
Miss Billings child Of six years; in
tured in face, on right cheek, and has a
lame side. 1t is supposed that she had a
brother and sister killed.
Louis Combremont, No. % John street,
New York City; spinal injury.
Joseph Libby; injury to head; appears
dazed.
Michael Laicillarde; scalp wound.
Mary j. Graham; confusion of right leg
and foot; may be serious.
Jas. Riley, of Burke, N. Y; dislocation
of left elbow
Henry Mott, of Alburgh, vt; bruise OF
right shoulder; face and head burned
left knee confused.
Jos. E. Jacques, of Fitchburg; confusion
Of left lumbar region and right eye
confusion of left leg, and many contus ions
of right leg.
A. w. Wheeler; incised wound over
right eye; confusion ON left arm and
shoulder famed; condition not serious.
Julius Hutchings: complains of tender
ness over upper portion of upper dorsa
region.
Miss Emma Lowell, of Montreal; badly
shaken up.
Margaret Walsh, of Greenfield, Mass.
confusion on right arm, shoulder and
back.
j. w. futile, of Lunbridge, Vt, slight
flesh wound on forehead and back of head
August LeBOut laceration of the head
J. 8. Sutton, New Haven, Conn.,, injury
to head, confusion and slight laceration
not serious.
Alexander Lavelle, Greenfield, Mass
slight in jury to head; internal injury.
Marion Sadler, sprain of right ankle
and otherwise bruised.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
DRIED DOGFiSH.
A Profit able But Exceedingly Ma1odorous
Industry of Santa Barbary.

A Profit able But Exceedingly Ma1odorous
Industry of Santa Barbary.
Four hundred tons of fish have found
their way to foreign markets from this
port in twenty months. This large ex-
port has been supplemented by the
shipment of many tons of seaweed.
This industry gives employment to
many men. and requires a schooner in
constant service to transport fishermen,
seines, provisions, and the various
paraphernalla necessary to insure a
catch, as well as to perform the very
important part of bringing in the haul.
The fishing is carried on all along the
coast, from San Luis Obispo to San
Diego, but the headquarters of the
fish-drying Institution are here at Santa
Barbara; and it is here the drying
operations are conducted.
A reporter strolling toward the beach
on Cha ala street, in search of prehistor-
ic tumult, runaway, a chuckhole. ano-
table arrtval-any thing, in fact. to
to make an item-was guided by an
unerring instinct and very robust
odor to a barnlike structure at the end
of that thoroughfare. This weather
stained building is the home office of the
industry which for two long years has
added the atmosphere of the neighbor-
hood, curdled the circumambient air,
and stagnated Mission creek as it
trickled unsteady on to the moonlit
estero. Forcing a passage through the
odor of decayed fish, the reporter &C
costed venerable Chinaman whose
name is One Lung Gone. All Of Mr..
Cones teeth were indeed gone, with
the exception of five time-worn stumps.
but that custodian of the drying es-
tablishment certainly travels under a
misnomer in so far as his lungs are
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
How to Overcome Fear.

Some timid boys are judged too
harshly by their companions; nay, by
their nearest relatives, and even by
their own mothers. Johnny's mother
kept it for years as an awful secret that
he, robust-looking boy, was afraid
of the dark! She thought the trait
something peculiar to that boy. How
relieved she was to discover that an
other mothers Tommy was afflicted
with the same infrmity! If she had
gone extensively into the study of
biography, she would have found that
several of the most illustrious men
who have ever lived were MORALLY
afraid of the dark.
Charles Lamb. for example, suffered
terribly. AS soon as the candle was
extinguished, his misery began, and he
fell asleep sometimes only from the
exhaustion of terror. If he had to
pass through his bedroom in the day
time, he turned his eyes away from the
bed, the scene of so much agony.
If some kind, judicious friend or rel
alive had but known his infirmity, he
might have been gradually relieved,
and. at last, entirely cured. If he had
known that half the boys in the world,
at some period of their boyhood, are
afraid of the dark, the bitter sting of
shame would have been taken from
him.
1t is to be noted that good boys of
lively imagination are peculiarly liable
to this kind of fear. They are often
brave in meeting real dangers, and, if
necessary, they could fight well in self
defense, or in defense of girl, or of a
boy weaker than themselves. 1t is
against imaginary dangers that their
courage is wanting.
II used to be awfully afraid Of the
dark, y said little girl of ten the other
day.
And how did you cure yourself of
it?" asked one of her friends.
Her answer was a wise one, for so
young philosopher. She said:
Whenever felt afraid, I would stand
still and say to myself: There is moth
ing in this room except what there was
before DARK
Let us not overvalue the bull kind of
courage. 1t has its value; we must not
undervalue it. The courage of a bull
is good in bull; the courage of a man
is quite another thing. The human
hero protects, defends, and assists; he
''dares do all that may become a man;
who dares do more is none. ~ Youths
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
Defending His Father.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb-The following
letter was received by Major W. c. Car
roll, of this city, from Colonel Fred Grant:
NEW YORK. Feb. s, 1887.
DEAR CARRoLL:-I have just read your arti-
Gle in the american, and write to thank you for
your kind defense of the good name of my dear
dead father 1 thirty five years old when
he died. spent twentysix of those years by
his side and never saw any signs of the weak
ness of which Boynton speaks. There are sew
eral perSons-assasins of the regulations OF
others-in the United States. They have for
years been trying to ruin the fair fame of the
purest man and the best father that ever lived
They have succeeded in making the hearts OF
those who loved him bleed.
God forgive them and make their burden
lighter in the next world than they have en-
deavored to place on the hearts of the family
of General Grant in this.
Your friend, T. D. GRANT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
Heavy Damages.

CLINTON, Ia, Feb. S.-Rev. Father Jean,
of Licens, has recovered judgment
against Bishop Hennessy for 100000, as
damages for having dismissed him from
the priesthood about fifteen years ago. 1t
is understood that the cause of the bish-
ops action in deposing Father Jean from
the priesthood was the Misrepresentation
of the funds of the church and disobeying
the mandate of his governing bishop. The
reverend father began suit upon two Or
three different charges, and they hung in
the courts for several years, some of them
being dismissed upon demurrers filed by
counsel for the bishop. The judgment
was taken by default, and an effort to have
1t reopened is being made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
PITH AND POINT,

The young man who has his even
ings to himself generally goes and
gives them to some one else.-M o.
Picayu,se.
1t has been discovered that natural
gas ruins pianos SO that they can't be
heard fifty feet away. The boom for
natural gas seems to be founded on
solid merit -Pb1adelphia Call.
1t is said that Joaquin Miller's
daughter, Juanita, can repeat every
thing that her father has written. It's
to be hoped that she won't do it-at
least not until times get better.-Chi-
cago Mail.
The Big Hat Question
You needn't talk of the big hats
The female head adjoining;
For girls wear smaller hats at night
Than some men in the morning.
-CoLunabns Dispatch.
1T is an ill wind that blows no
body GOOD and yet it can not be de-
MED that it would take a pretty strong,
healthy breeze to blow some people
any better than they are.-Somerrille
Journal.
II is said that the young woman
who splashes herself while working at
the washtub is fated to have a drunken
husband. Very few young women
nowadays put themselves in danger,
then. -Bostoas Post.
-Doctor-Good morning! How are
you to-day2 Patient-Better, doc
tor; much better. Doctor-That's
good news. was detained much long
er than I expected, and was afraid you
would be uneasy. Patient-O, no.!
1 believe in the old adage: "a patient
waiter is no loser Boston Budget.
Here's ten cents for you, waiter"
said gentleman who had just finished
dinner. mo, thank you, sir; it's
against my principles to take tips"
"Here is quarter, then" ''Well, sir,
if you are bound to break down my
principles suppose I shall have to give
in. "-Drake's 1ravelers' Magazine.
Come in my poor man." said a
benevolent lady to a ragged tramp,
"and I will get you something to eat. ="
"Thanky, mum; don't care if do"
81 suppose" continued the lady, set
ting a square meal before him, "your
life has been full of trialsp" ''Yis,
mum; an the wust of it wuz I allus got
convicted. "-J11dge.
"A young tenor obtained a hearing
before a director of one of the provin-
cial theaters. He sang, but the man.
ager stopped him at the end of three or
four notes. Every WE'LL" he said,
"leave me your address and 1 will
think of you if it should happen-'
"What do you mean by if it should
happen?'" interrupted the young tenor.
"Why, if my theater should happen to
burn ''Well?" II should engage
You to cry Fire. IN. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
Father Nc GIynn Calls a Halt.

NEW YORK, Feb S.-Rev. DR.. McGlynn
was seen last eveLing at the residence Of
ilis sister, Mrs. Whelaw. He said he
wished to notify the treasurer of the fund
and the committee that it was his wish that
the entertainment and lecture set down
for him for Sunday next be done away
with, and the subscription list be discon-
Hnued. He had received already enough
to defray immediate expenses, and felt
that the pockets of the poor had been
drained enough. His first impulse on
hearing Of the fund was to refuse it, but
waen he saw the devotion evinced by the
people, he did not wish to offend them by
Refusing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
The First Law.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Feb TO-
During the examination by the railroad
commissioners Polly Arel testified that
there were eighteen men, seven women
and two small boys in the second passen-
ger car where she was. The motion of
the car when the accident occurred was
forward and back, not lateral The car
did not turn over as it fell Miss Arel
was able to help herself, and was getting
through a window when a man under her
pulled her back, saying: "Let me get out
first, and rll help you out" He pushed
her away and got out and ran away with
out helping her. She was finally assisted
out by train men. She was imprisoned
fifteen minutes in the burning wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17

him with his head, sitA'ng on his stom-
ach and wrestling with his bare 1eet N
the most comical way.
AS he had to come homt' IN Winners
Mr.. Hornaday did not attempt 70
bring his pet, which must ha We surrey
died, and so presented him to = 1 lri.
in India, where he arrived safe y, ana
was considered the most intel ugen1
orang-outang ever seen there.-A'' H.
Shippen. N. d.. in Golden Days
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
Cruelty to Monkeys.

Terrific Dude-Aw-ah-Miss Mahgaw-
ct, do you-ah-believe in the absurd
theowy-ah-that man descended fwom
monkey, don't you know?
Miss Margaret-surveying him criti>
cally-Well, Mr.. De Squib, sometimes
1 think I do. and then again feel that
have no right to be so cruel to the
poor monkeys - WdshiaGton CriStu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
Will Make a Large Addition of Rolling
Stock.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. 10.-A mortgage
has been placed on record from the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company to the
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company to
cover the issue of s., SOC. 900 worth Of car
trust bonds for the purpose of acquiring
additional rolling stock The mortgage
covers only such cars and equipments as
shall be purchased with the loan. The
money will be expended in the purchase
of five baggage cars, 500 hopper gondolas,
2,356 box cars, ten parlor cars, fifteen
buffet sIeepers, ten sleeping cars, thirty
passenger cars, fifty-ive mogul engines
and twenty passenger engines
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17

The Indians in the neighborhood
OF Nevada City, Cal. build housea and
own wagons and cattle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
An Ambiguous Verdict.

The following yer lict was recently rem
dered in Woodland: 1--WE, the jury, find the
defendants not guilty, with the recommen-
dation that they leave the town within forty
eight hours. San Francisco Call
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
An Empress Among Lunatics.

Empress Elizabeth OF Austro-Hungary re-
Gently visited the Vienna lunatic asylum
with the wife of Prince Karl Theodore, her
brother, the famous oculist. Nearly all the
mad men and women recognized the empress,
who had visited the place before, and several
noblemen kissed her hands while the women
knelt to receive her blessing. One lunatic
approached her majesty and said mo one
would ever think you were grandmother. !"
There was such touch of fattery combined
with the opposite sentiment in this that the
empress broke into uproarious laughter and
asked the lunatic's name and if she were
durable. She was told she was and her
majesty Immediately ordered that anything
the woman wanted should be charged to the
imperial purse-Foreign Letter.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
New Method of River Mining.

A novel way of river mining is now being
carried on near the Caribaldi Mining com
pany's property on the Stanslaus river. two
miles below Robinson's Ferry. The plan
consists of O scow twenty by sixty feet on
which is placed steam engine and boiler Of
fifteen horse power with powerful suction
pump attached The pump not only throws
an immense stream of water, but at the
same time draws the sand, rocks and gray ell
from the bed of the river at the rate OF fifty
tons per hour. The pump discharges into
the head Of a 1ume running the entire length
Of the scow, and drops the material, less the
gold some ten feet away from the stern of
the boat Any large rocks that may OBJ
struct the free working Of the pump are
hustled out Of the way in short order by
large and powerful derricks. As the Stanis-
laus river is noted for its heavy gold deposits
the results can hardly fail to meet, if not
greatly exceed the anticipations of the Chi
cago capitalists who have it in charge
Caaveras Cali Prospect.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
THE FASTER's FIRST DINNER.
MerlattPs Knife and Fork Idle Even
After the Fifty Days Fast.

Mer!atn, contrary TO expectation, accom-
plishei his extraordinary fasting feat, which
commenced fifty days before. There has
been some 1oubt as to his having completely
fulfilled the terms of his engagement, since
ho began to take little chemically prepared
wine at $50 O'Clock one afternoon, the stipu-
lated time being $3.50. He was also given
some pepsum and meat powder, but his
stomach rejected them. The wine, however,
did him good and be was able 20 swallow it
in repeated gulps and with infinite relish.
According TO the opinion Of some OF the
doctors he will be unable to cat cry solid
food for twenty-five days to come.
Those who flocked to the Grand Hotel
recently for the purpose Of seeing the Italian
take his first installmcnt OF nOurishmert were
rather disappointed 1T finding not tie corpse
like form which they expected. but man
still apparently in health and spirits, although
langid in body and anamic in feature.
Merlatti was propped up on pillows and re-
clined on a couch. near which were exhibited
some Of his drawings. a long counter kept
the frequent and inquisiti'o Groves Of men
and women who thIonged TO see Lin from
approaching too near his resting place The
comparative healthiness of the man s appear
ance after 50 long fast can only be attribut-
ed TO the fact that the pangs Of hunger are
mitigated and intermittent after the first five
or six days. Thus, when first saw Merlatti
there was a strong expression Of pein on his
face, and his eyes were Of an unnatural
brilliancy. These symptoms were quite con-
sistent with his case, because the agony OF
hunger is most acute in the earlier stages OF
suffering. Since then he has been in u state
of languor and exhaustion, varied occasion
ally with feverishneSs. pains in the Lead,
frenzied dreams and touches Of madness.
Lattcrly he had begun to suffer more
severely in the head and stomach, Int his
energy has enabled him to persist IN lis de-
termination TO the bitter end. Efforts were
of course made to make him break lis fast
fortnight ago, yet there is every reason to
believe that he has done his best to sUbsist on
nothing during the fifty days but tie filtered
water. l left Merlatli this evening Gt the
banquet, over which he presided, ia the
Grand Hotel. Every seat at tic tables was
full, and nearly one hundred guests, among
them being some women and children, were
present The Italian sat among tho mem
bers of the medical committee, lady being
on his left He seemed 30 regard The Iich
viands, appetiZng sauces and sparkling
wines spread out in proiusion before him
with half sad, half amused air, but his
knife and fork were silent amid the clutter
of plates and the popping Of champagne
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

"Now which Of these two photographs OF
you may have, dearest! The beautiful one.
1r the one as / know youf-Punch.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

S.V. White, the Wall street Spectator, has
posted in his private Office this notice; 81 am
cot a deacon"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

A good many people think that most OF
the gambling houses in Chicago are run
con the square, but Hendrie, the expert
clock and model maker, tells me that he is
often called in by gambling gentlemen to
make some con{rivances for their use.
He says he has made for certain well
known gambling shop proprietors in Chi
cago. hold ont" devices for use in poker, as
we'll as 'stripper' attachments for faro
boxes. The roulette wheels, he says, he
never heard of being tempered with, proba-
BIZ because the odds against the player are
about as three to two, and that gets away
with his money quite fast enough. Chicago
Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

,,.n,.l,ty Of the Bull FiGht-rhe Native
,..,,c,n an Invcteratc Gambler-Va-
Games of Chancc-An Orderly
C~o,,d.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

No place affords such perfect social free
dom as a Mexican tortulia Anybody pre-
Sentod b. any other body at all known to
tho head Of tee family is sure TO be politely
received and Offered the house, - as the
Mexican phrase is. Tho Mexicans are po-
Ito and social race in all cases where there
smoothing 10 arouse their antagOnism or jeal-
Ousy ANY ono who is affable and well
dressed is mado welcome in a Mexican
household 50 long as he presents no hkeh-
hood of competition or rivalry with the
master Of it in his business or political
career There is no place in the world
whore the coat and not the man who wears
1t takes moro marked precedence than here.
Love Of dress is a ruling passion in the
breast Of every Mexicdn-male and female.
In nothing does their Aztec Indian blood
show itself moro plainly. From the poor
yerdulera vegetable hawAer) Of the market
place. who ornaments her ears, neck, wrists
and ilnCcrs with the cheap imitation corals
which may be purchased for few centavOs,
10 Tie first ladies Of society, whose persons
glitter with diamonds wherever it is possible
70 place them, this desire for adornment is
universally manifested Rich apparel and
graceful address are better passports to the
most aristocratic tertulias than the most
sterling mental or moral worth.
1t is this readiness 10 open wide the social
doors which makes Mexican society so sadly
mixed in character But the adventures
Who thus gain an entrance often prove very
useful. II there is fiddle they are planets
OF the first magnitude, being usually Of an
active race with elastic limbs and unem-
0arrassed by superfuous flesh. They dance
from the first tootiHgs Of the orchestra 10
It's last Quavering notes. They give pleas
ant and salutary exercise 10 large numbers
u muchachas young ladies' who would
Otherwise ornament the wall throughout
the evening. This exctes the gratitude OF
many mammas, affords these sons Of fortune
new avenues 10 establishment in life, and
causes them to be unanimously voted by
The whole tertulia "the incest kind Of young
men. Mexico Cor. Kansas City Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27

what was that great racket heard In
your woolshed after you got home from
fishing last nightr asked one Estelline small
boy of another.
at was me swingin' the buggy whip for
fun" the other replied.
"BL, | heard somebody jumpin' around
too"
ooh, that was pa, seeing il he could jump
over the wash boiler and two tubs"
"But who was it yelled so like thunderG
"Why, every time he made an extra high
jump he would holler, kinder in fun, you
know. n--EStcline Bell
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
Give the Woman a Chance.

Bluffum is possessed Of broad, catholic
spirit. There is nothing contracted about
Bluffum. He was reading the other evening
the card Of woman in the newspaper in
which she demanded that women be admitted
into certain professions. "Them'sm senti-
ments " exclaimed Bluffum with unwonted
emphasis. GIVE woman right to labor
wherever she wants. Hang it! she may do
all the work for aught l care. boston
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